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Title IX is a landmark federal civil rights law ... had held hearings on discrimination against women, and introduced legislation in the House on May 11, 1972.
March 23, 1972 – Delaware and New Hampshire ratify the ERA. [4] March 24, 1972 – Idaho and Iowa ratify the ERA. [4] March 28, 1972 – Kansas ratifies the ERA. [4] March 29, 1972 – Nebraska ratifies the ERA. [4] March 30, 1972 – Texas ratifies the ERA. [4] April 4, 1972 – Tennessee ratifies the ERA. [4] April 5, 1972 – Alaska ...
Jackson v. Indiana, 406 U.S. 715 (1972), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that determined a U.S. state violated due process by involuntarily committing a criminal defendant for an indefinite period of time solely on the basis of his permanent incompetency to stand trial on the charges filed against him.
Brewer, 408 U.S. 471 (1972) The Supreme Court extended Fourteenth Amendment due process protection to the parole revocation process, hold that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires a "neutral and detached" hearing body such as a parole board to give an evidentiary hearing prior to revoking the parole of a defendant and ...
1972 – The Houston Cooperative Living Residential Project was established in Houston, Texas. It became a model for subsequent independent living programs. [3] 1972 – The Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, founded in Washington, D.C., provided legal representation and advocated for the rights of people with mental illness. [3]
Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 U.S. 665 (1972), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court invalidating the use of the First Amendment as a defense for reporters summoned to testify before a grand jury. The case was argued February 23, 1972, and decided June 29 of the same year. [1] The reporters lost their case by a vote of 5–4.
The Social Security Fairness Act is expected to be signed Monday, ... The Senate held its first hearings into the policies in 2003. ... or since 1972, with a hiring freeze recently put in place, a ...
Education Amendments of 1972; Long title: An Act to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Vocational Education Act of 1963, the General Education Provisions Act (creating a National Foundation for Postsecondary Education and a National Institute of Education), the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress, and related Acts, and for other purposes.